EXETER — A new age photo booth is starting to make the rounds around the Exeter area.

In August, Michelle Mailloux launched the first TapSnap franchise in Rockingham County and she's hoping the interactive photo booth becomes a regular fixture at all area parties and large events.

TapSnap is a phototainment system that has been dubbed the "photo booth of the digital age." It's a large multi-touch television screen with a camera that allows people to take pictures of themselves. People can then add various props to the picture, which could be something as simple as a cowboy hat or logo.

People can even add pictures of various celebrities to their photos, Mailloux said as she added a mask and Denzel Washington to a picture she took of herself.

"Photo booths are something that people have always been crazy about and this has taken that concept and taken it to the digital level," Mailloux said. "It's highly interactive and people love it."

One of the system's more popular features is the fact that people can instantly upload their photos to popular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, or e-mail them directly to their own or others' accounts, according to Mailloux.

In her short time owning a TapSnap franchise, Mailloux has quickly made the rounds. The system was at Exeter's Powder Keg and Chili Fest in October and the University of New Hampshire's homecoming.

Mailloux said the system is perfect for any large or small event. She said the system is also good for corporate parties because it has the ability to insert corporate or personal logos on all event pictures.

"The interaction is what's really appealing," she said. "It takes beautiful pictures that people can see right away and then they can interact with that picture. It's entertainment, it's instant gratification and it's so much fun."

Mailloux is based out of Exeter and has spent most of life in the Seacoast/New England area. She is a former small-business owner and currently works full time as a software project manager. Mailloux said she was looking for an additional business venture when she came across the TapSnap technology and saw an opportunity to grow a new business.

"It's really a privilege to be a part of a small start up, I feel that I'm on the ground floor of something that's going to take off," she said. "I'd like to build a big business with this."

View Mailloux's work at her TapSnap Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TapSnap1054